Improvement in picture-nails



UNITED STATES ATENT IMPROVEMENT IN PICTURE-MAILS.'

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 146,269, dated January6, 1874; application filed December 10, 1873.

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, J. O. NILns', of Scheneetady, in the coimty ofSchenectady and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Brackets for Hanging or Supporting Pictures, Mirrors,&c.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

The object of my invention is to attach a hook, knob, or support to aWall easily, and sufficiently firm for the hanging or supporting ofpictures, mirrors, hats, garments, bookshelves, brackets, &c., and forthe support of stove-pipes, lamps, o .r other articles at any desiredpoint, without-scarcely marring or jarring the wall, and which caneasily be entirely removed, when desired, for repaperin g or otherpurposes.

The nature of my invention consists in a hook, knob, or point of supportattached to-or forming part of a wall-plate, which isperforated withsmall holes so arranged that, by driving small nails or brads throughsaid holes into the Wall, the desired object will be accomplished, aswill be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art y to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, in which-Figure l is a front elevation, and Fig. 2 a section through the line w Ido not proposeto limit myself to the mere form or shape of the plate orsupport, as it is manifest it can be made in a variety of forms to suitthe fancy, without in the least departing from the principle of myinvention.

A represents a plate of metal or any other suitable material, and whichmay be ina-de in any of the forms shown, or in any other shape desired,and plain or ornamental, according to taste. B represents a knob, hook,or other support formed on or attached to the front of the plate A, ator below the center, whereby the plate is less liable to be drawnfrom-the wall by the picture or other weight supported. The plate A ispierced with a suitable number of small holes, a a,.into which Verysmall nails or brads are to be driven into the wall, so that the holesmade in the wall by said nails or brads will be scarcely visible `on apapered wall at the height of the border. The holes a a are so arrangedthat some of the nails, at least, will necessarily enter one or morelaths, for the purpose of holding the plate su'iciently iirm'for thepurposes required. e

The plate thus attached can be easily pried oft' from the wall whendesired-` The same device may be used on awall plastered onbrick, simplyusing short nailsior brads, which may be driven into the plaster andbrick alittle way, and farther intoA the mortar between the bricks, andholding the: plate suiciently firm. y

I may provide the plate A with small spurs onthe inner and lower partand sides, so as to support the weight, and then only one small nail orbrad would be required to keep it against i the wall.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is y y The plate A, provided withknob B or its equivalent, and also with a number of small holes aroundits margin, by means of which said plate may be securely attached to thewall by a number of small and slender tacks or 11a-ils, and thus avoidthe liability, common tol screws or a lesser number of large nails, ofrupturing the plasterin g.

In testimony that I claimV the foregoing asl my own, I aliix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

J. o. NiLEs.

